9R94 | pdb_00009r94

Cryo-EM structure of the E3 ligase HECTD3

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9R94/pdb
• EM Map EMD-53852: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: LIGASE
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Spodoptera frugiperda
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2025-05-19 Released: 2026-01-28 
• Deposition Author(s): Esposito, D., Huber, J., Maslen, S., Rittinger, K.
• Funding Organization(s): The Francis Crick Institute, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome Trust

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 6.38 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Starting Model: in silico

Literature

Structural mechanism of the minimal ligase HECTD3

Huber, J., Esposito, D., Maslen, S., Rittinger, K.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by (software)

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 97.44 kDa 
• Atom Count: 6,481 
• Modeled Residue Count: 812 
• Deposited Residue Count: 864 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase HECTD3	A	864	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: HECTD3 EC: 2.3.2.26
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for Q5T447 (Homo sapiens) Explore Q5T447  Go to UniProtKB:  Q5T447
PHAROS:  Q5T447 GTEx:  ENSG00000126107

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 6.38 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX
RECONSTRUCTION	cryoSPARC

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-01-28 
Deposition Author(s): Esposito, D., Huber, J., Maslen, S., Rittinger, K.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
The Francis Crick Institute	United Kingdom	CC2075, CC2000
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)	United Kingdom	CC2075, CC2000
Cancer Research UK	United Kingdom	CC2075, CC2000
Wellcome Trust	United Kingdom	CC2075, CC2000

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-01-28
  Type: Initial release